Posted July 22, 2019 12:00 pm by Comments

By Tom Knighton

Carrying a gun legally can be fraught with obstacles. There are places you’re simply not allowed to go while armed, for example. Making a mistake or not knowing you can’t carry there can land someone in very deep water in certain places, enough so that not only does the individual lose their permit, but their ability to legally own firearms at all.

In Michigan, it seems Republican lawmakers are seeking to reduce some of those penalties to a more manageable level.

Gun rights supporters in the Michigan House are working to decriminalize certain firearm-related offenses as part of a larger effort to roll back regulations on gun ownership and use in the state.

House Republicans named protecting second amendment rights as one of its top priorities this session. So far, many of the gun-related bills taken up for hearings focus on reducing existing penalties for violating Michigan’s current gun laws or removing restrictions on certain gun use.

In the House, legislation that would decrease the punishment for carrying a concealed pistol with an expired license from a felony punishable by up to five years’ imprisonment, a $2,500 fine or both to a civil fine of $330 if the license had …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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